Letter: Stewart's comedy is ridicule masked as satire

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart appears on Comedy Central.

Well, for one thing, I'm an old fogy; my sense of humor formatted by the likes of Jack Benny and Jackie Gleason on the screen of our little Philco black-and-white TV. The joke was on all of us, including the comedian. We felt better knowing that life was just as absurd as we thought it was.

In Stewart's world, it's different. The joke is on the target and the comedian is a clinician surrounded by grinning acolytes. Ridicule masquerading as satire.

The humor of Benny and his contemporaries healed the wounds of life; Stewart simply leaves the wound.

DAN MOROTINI

CANANDAIGUA

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Letter: Stewart's comedy is ridicule masked as satire

My sense of humor formatted by the likes of Jack Benny and Jackie Gleason.

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